Managing Suicide in the Older Veteran
Bavna B. Vyas, Lisa M. Brown, David Dosa, and Diane L. Elmore
in Handbook of Military and Veteran Suicide: Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention
Suicide among older adults and Veterans is increasingly recognized as a serious and rapidly growing public health problem. Older adults (age >65 per medicare), are more likely to die by ...
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Depression in Older Adults
Myrna M. Weissman, John C. Markowitz, and Gerald L. Klerman
in The Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Updated and Expanded Edition
Depression ranks among the most common psychiatric diagnoses in older adults. This chapter gives an overview of the use of IPT for depression in older adults. Older patients presenting for ...
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Assessing Family History, Childhood, and Adult Development
Jan Willer
in Could it be Adult ADHD?: A Clinician's Guide to Recognition, Assessment, and Treatment
Symptoms of ADHD emerge when the environmental demands exceed the resources that the person can bring to bear. Internal and external resources change with personal circumstances, ...
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Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Gregory A. Hinrichsen
in Specialty Competencies in Geropsychology
Chapter 5 reviews two psychotherapeutic approaches that have been adapted or developed for use with older adults: interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and psychodynamic psychotherapy. It also ...
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Flexible Individual and Joint Sessions
Mark D. Miller
in Clinician's Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy in Late Life: Helping Cognitively Impaired or Depressed Elders and Their Caregivers
Chapter 11 outlines flexible individual and joint sessions for interpersonal therapy for cognitive impairment (IPT-ci). In contrast to traditional IPT, which was designed as an individual ...
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Specialty Competencies in Geropsychology
Victor Molinari (ed.)
This resource describes the foundational and functional competencies underlying geropsychology, which is the area in professional psychology that focuses on the psychological and behavioral ...
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Older Adult Assessment Issues and Strategies
Barry Edelstein and Lesley Koven
in Specialty Competencies in Geropsychology
The purpose of the present chapter is to provide some of the basic assessment-related knowledge that would be expected of a psychologist who is preparing to work with older adults, and to ...
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Opportunities and Challenges of Medicare
Amy S. Rosett
in Handbook of Private Practice: Keys to Success for Mental Health Practitioners
Medicare is the federal health insurance program for people aged 65 and older, and those with permanent disabilities, end-stage renal disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This chapter ...
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Taking Diversity into Account: Assessment of Older Adults
Meirong Kuang, Felix-Nicolai Müller, Yang Fang, Helene H. Fung, and Frieder R. Lang
in The ITC International Handbook of Testing and Assessment
Psychological assessment of the older adult population must take into account the methodological issues arising from age-related diversity. This chapter begins with an overview of ...
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Psychotherapy with the Underserved Older Adult Population
Susan Krauss Whitbourne and Bruna Martins
in Bringing Psychotherapy to the Underserved: Challenges and Strategies
The older adult population is steadily growing in number, and by 2050, over 20% of the U.S. population is expected to be over the age of 65. Ageism may affect both patients and providers ...
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Assessment of Older Adults
Dolores Gallagher-Thompson and Larry W. Thompson
in Treating Late Life Depression: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach, Therapist Guide
Assessment of cognitive, emotional, and functional status is recommended prior to beginning CBT with an older client. This provides a clearer understanding of the client’s main problems and ...
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Introduction
Mark D. Miller
in Clinician's Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy in Late Life: Helping Cognitively Impaired or Depressed Elders and Their Caregivers
This chapter presents an introduction to interpersonal therapy for cognitive impairment (IPT-ci). It discusses the purpose of this manual, research using IPT in older individuals, and the ...
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Clinician's Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy in Late Life: Helping Cognitively Impaired or Depressed Elders and Their Caregivers
Mark D Miller
This title aims to improve coping skills of older adults. It builds on traditional interpersonal psychotherapy, an evidence-based treatment that has been found useful in treating depressed ...
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Incorporating Family/Caregivers Into the Treatment Process From the First Meeting
Mark D. Miller
in Clinician's Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy in Late Life: Helping Cognitively Impaired or Depressed Elders and Their Caregivers
Chapter 8 discusses the involvement of the family or caregivers into the interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) treatment process. Using illustrative case studies, it outlines the roles of the ...
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Schizophrenia in Adolescents and Young Adults
Afshan Anjum, Priyanka Gait, Kathryn R. Cullen, and Tonya White
in Young Adult Mental Health
This chapter providesan overview of the epidemiology, neurobiology,diagnosis and differential diagnosis, course, andtreatment of schizophrenia in older adolescentsand young adults. ...
The Spectrum of Family Caregiving for Adults and Elders with Chronic Illness
Louis D. Burgio, Joseph E. Gaugler, and Michelle M. Hilgeman (eds)
The goal of this edited volume is to review the research on the caregiving role and the interventions developed to assist family caregivers of older adults and elders with different chronic ...
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Treating Late Life Depression: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach, Therapist Guide
Dolores Gallagher-Thompson and Larry W. Thompson
This therapist guide is designed to give mental health professionals the necessary tools to assess and treat depression, with or without accompanying anxiety, in the elderly. Designed ...
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CALTAP in assessment approaches and strategies
Bob G. Knight and Nancy A. Pachana
in Psychological Assessment and Therapy with Older Adults
Chapter 2 discusses CALTAP in assessment approaches and strategies. This includes the neuropsychotherapy approach, the importance of the clinical interview, the CALTAP model applied to ...
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Individual and Cultural Diversity Considerations in Geropsychology
Yvette N. Tazeau
in Specialty Competencies in Geropsychology
Chapter 8 discusses individual and cultural diversity considerations in geropsychology, including how diversity is a broader concept when considered at the individual and cultural levels. ...
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Ethics
Michele J. Karel
in Specialty Competencies in Geropsychology
Chapter 9 has three broad aims. Firstly it provides a detailed review of the foundational competencies for ethical geropsychology practice, including the fundamental tension between the ...
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